THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892.
THE SAD SIDE OF LIFE.
A Story of a Mothers Distress Whicn is
-Heartrending. .
COHE TO THE CENTER.
SANTOS MURDERED AND ROBBED.
Aa American Civil Engineer of Some
A
Prominence in Mexico.
REVOLTING Mt'KDEIl IN ALABAMA.
Wonr Kccroei Confess aud are Strung up
' to a Tree by a Committee Front
Judge Lynch.
Pittsburg, Oct. 14. Mrs. Mack.onher
way home with the dead body of her
convict son, met at the depot here yes
terday another son on his way to the
state prison. Jamea Mack of McKean
county, died at the v estern penitentiary
Wednesday. His mother had nursed
him in his sickness, prepared his body
Jor burial and had started with it for
home. While waiting for a train she
saw Sheriff Gruff with five prisoners,
among them her youngest eon, Jack.
As soon as Mrs. Mack spied the (Sheriff
she rushed to him, threw her arms about
his neck, and cried as though her heart
would break. John Mack is said to
have a callous heart, but he wept at
seeing his brother lying dead within a few
feet of himand his mother pleading for
mercy for him. During the five minutea
that Sheriff Gruff allowed him to talk
with his mother he hung his head in
shame, the tears trickling down his
cheeks. Another son is serving a term
in prison. The three bovs were thieves.
An Kaffineer Mardered and Kobaed.
I'ceblo, Oct. 14. Ihe first news
reached here two days ago of the death
under mysterious cirumstancea of Santos,
an American civil engineer of promin
ence in Mexico, at a point on the Teco
luta and Papautla railway. Members of
the American colony in this city set on
foot an investigation into the cause of
the unfortunate man's death and today
discovered that he was murdered and
robbed. He was attacked from ambush
by a band of outlaws as he was making
his way through the country on a burro,
accompanied by a Mexican servant. His
body was badly mutilated. It is not
known how much money the robbers
secured, but it is thought to be a small
amount.
Revolting Crime.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 14. The fol
lowing is an account of the lynching of
four negroes near Monroeville yesterday :
Last Friday night Richard L. Johnson
and his accomplished daughter Janette
were murdered in a most revolting man
ner and their bodies burned to conceal
the crime. Four negroes, after several
days' eearch, were arrested, confessed
the crime, aud were lodced in iail.
, Yesterday a mob overpowered the sher
iff, took the fiends out, strung them up
xo a iree, riauieu meir ooaies wun out
lets, then cut them down, and tore them
limb from limb, gathered the pieces to
gether and burned them. The names of
the lynched are: Jim Packer and
brother, Mose Johnson and Purrell
Jones.
Suicide of a Police Officer.
New Yobk, Oct. 14. Policeman
George Jones, 29 years old, of the East
Twenty-second street station, shot and
mortally wounded himself in the abdo
men last evening while visiting at the
home of his uncle, Nathan Jones, in
Williamsburg. The attempted suicide
was evidently the result of a sad be
reavement which the policeman recently
suffered in the death of his sweetheart,
Miss Mary Burns, daughter of a wealthy
widow. Policeman Jones' parents and
two sisters reside in San Francisco.
Jones had an exceptional record and
had twice received honorable mention
-from the commissioners. To him is
credited the breaking up of the notorious
"stable gang." He shot and killed their
leader, "Rats" Geoghegan, on January
2nd, 1891, after Geoghegan had fired five
shots at him. Although the other mem
bers of the-gang threatened vengeance,
he kept arresting and interfering with
their proceedings until they give up the
struggle and disbanded. He did excel
lent work as a detective, arresting "Dan"
Kennedy for the murder of John Keat
ing about nine months ago, and captur
ing Charles Keiser for the murder of H.
Wolf, May 30th of this year. The evi
dence that he produced sent them both
to prison for long terms.
Reason Why the Inland Empire De
'. raand a Decent Depot In Portland.
We have succeeded in digging up from
the musty records of the city clerk's
office two ordinances, says the Telegram,
and the only ones so far as we can ascer
tain, bearing on the grant of a franchise
to the Terminal company for union depot
purposes. It is a mystery why these
ordinances should have been omitted in
the compilation of the city code. In the
book of printed ordinances there . is
nothing to show that there has over
been any transaction of any sort between
the city and the Terminal Company.
Members of the chambers of commerce
and other citizens have made diligent
search from time to time, but have never
succeeded in finding anything until the
Telegram started an investigation, and,
through the kind efforts of Auditor
Branch and his gentlemanly assistants,
we have been enabled to unearth the
ordinances.
The ordinances merely vacate certain
streets which are designated, but with
out any apparent purpose or considera
tion except that it is done upon the re
quest of some petitioners whose names
do not appear on the records. They
were vacated all right enough and are
now in possession of the Terminal Com
pany, but how or for what purpose is
a sealed mystery.
Enough is known to illustrate the
loose methods which prevailed at the
time these ordinances were passed. The
people were indifferent to municipal
rights probably because they hadn't yet
realized the fact that Portland was ap
proaching - metropolitan conditions.
Franchises of a most valuable nature
were granted with a liberal hand, but
without the least thought of protecting
the city's interests. This was done in
the granting of street-car franchises, and
it is no surprise that the Terminal com
pany took advantage of the prevailing
conditions to feather its nest at public
expense. Another reason lor tnis state
of affairs was that at the time the ciiy
council was the subservient tool of the
corporations, and about everything that
was asked for by them was granted.
If the Terminal company has forfeited
itself with valuable grants and franchises
for the purpose of trifling with the pub
lie rights, then the people of this city
owe it to themselves to Help themselves
out of the hole. A union depot can be
built independent of the company, and
by proper municipal legislation the rail
roads can be compelled to use it and pay
rental. But this is not desirable if the
Terminal Company will go ahead and
put up the structure. . The people are
willing that the company shall hold and
enjoy the rich bounties it has " received
from the city's hands if t will only pay
a decent regard to public rights, and
manifest a disposition to comply with a
popular will. The union depot must
and shall be built. That is the ultima
tum laid down by the people of Portland,
and the Terminal Company will govern
itself accordingly.
CAMPAIGN ETHICS.
AN ELECTION DECISION
Califoruians Will Hare. to SMy Ballots
Closely. j
NO PARTY DESIGNATION ALLOWED.
The Supreme Court is Unanimous in its
Decision in the Cause.
BLAISE'S SPEECH AT OPHIB KAKM.
It had a Marked Effect Upon his Hear
ersDemocracy Stirred About
the Irish Tote.
. No Decline In Price of Steaks.
, Newberg Graphic Cattle men all
over the country complain of low prices
for beef and say there is simply nothing
in raising cattle at the prices. Has any
body noticed a corresponding decline in
the price of steaks at the shops ! Year
in and year out the old established price
of 10 to 12)4 cents goes, and the good
housewife has it to pay, while the farmer
-who raises the beef takes whatever the
butcher is inclined to pay. ' Rather
queer isn't it. ;
The Populist Party Plagued Because
Their Code is out of Joint.
If crops were light.
If wages were lower.
If money were scarce.
If sugar hadn't dropped.
If farmers were grumbling.
If prices were higher all around.
If manufactures were not booming.
If reciprocity had proved a sham.
If Peck's report had been different.
If our foreign trade were declining.
If tin plate could not be made here.
If a theory could upset a condition.
If the South vrere indubitably solid.
If English factories were not closing.
If there were labor strikes every where.
If savings bank deposits were falling
off.
If market reports didn't smash max
ims. If people were blind to protection's
benefits. r
If England would keep still about Mc
Kinley. If we were not the greatest manufac
turing country.
The populist party of 1892 might be
happy, but as things are, it can't be.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for, Saturday Oct. 15th, 1892.
Persons calling for same will give date
on which they were advertised.
Los Angeles, Oct. it. Ihe supreme
court of California in the case of Raston
vs. Brown, being an application of a noa-
partisan political faction of San Fran
cisco for a writ or mandate to compel the
register of votes to place the name
non-particians on the municipal ticket
to be voted for next election, has decided
adversely to the plaintiffs on the ground
that the sections of the political code
providing for voting straight tickets by
stamping the ticket heading or the party
designation at the head of the ticket are
unconstitutional. The court holds that
the official ballot should be printed with
out the party designation of any party
at the head of the ticket, and voters can
only express their choice by stamping
opposite each name or proposition voted
for, except as to the presidential electors
who may be voted for by a single stamp
opposite the party group on the ticket
Each individual candidate's name, how
ever, will be followed on the printed bal
lott by the party's designation. The
court is unanimous in the decision,
which is considered an important one
by all parties.
Blaine at Ophlr Farm.
New Yobk, Oct. 17. Mr. Blaine's
speech at Ophir farm has made a marked
impression, and is the chief topic of the
day. It is generally accepted by the
democrats as meaning that an attempt
like that of 1884 will be made by the re
publicans to capture the Irish vote.
Mr. Harrity, chairman of the democratic
national committee, has anticipated
this, and several weeks ago . organized
the Irish-American democratic union,
in whose ranks are a few Irishmen who
worked for Mr. Blaine in .1884. Strong
efforts are being made to nullify. the' ef
fects of Mr. Blaine's speech. Ex-Mayor
William R. Grace and Congressman
William Bourke Cochran, both native
Irishmen, have given interviews in favor
of Irishmen voting with the democracy,
One effect of Blaine's speech has been to
change the betting a little. It is now
even on the national result.
Abbott John,
Hanson Mr,
Kelsey Bertha,
Larsen John,
Ledford Cora,
Meyer Hatie Mrs,
Moore Eugene,
Pinger William,
Smart D A,
Scott Geo,
Fritzgerald Patrick,
Jackman A S,
KozerH E,
Larsen Oliver,
Lehing W,
Miller W H,
Perkins Martha,
Power J J,
Steiner J J,
Vaughu Ora,
M. T. Nolan, P. M.
From Paddock to Pulpit.
Detroit, Oct. 15. Rev. J. Ardey, who
has won $5,000 in racing premiums this
year, has1 sold the last of the horses in
his string of trotters except a 2 :20 road
ster and has gone back to preaching. A
church in one of the Minneapolis sub
urbs has given him a call, and he is now
there as a candidate. The salary is
$1,000, but the racing parson says he be
lieves he likes the pulpit better than the
sulky. The Michigan . Methodist con
ference did not assign him work,, not be
ing able to reconcile his horse proclivi
ties with the ritual. It is said he will
drive in no more meets.
Alleged Slave Ship.
San Francisco, Oct. 17. A sensation
al newspaper of this city prints a long
account of the cruise of the steamer
Montserrat, which arrived from Guate
mala Thursday, after having landed
there nearly 400 natives of the Gilbert
islands to work allegedly under contract
for five years to wealthy planters. The
account is written by a reporter, who
shipped on the Montserrat last April as
a sailor. . The account declares the Mont
serratisa slave ship; that the natives
were sold in Guatemala for $100 each, as
the amount being taken in the guise of
passage money. The account shows the
islanders were got on board by question
able methods, amounting in fcome cases
practically to kidnapping. The com
mander of the vessel, W. H. Ferguson,
was connected with the other alleged
slave ship Tahiti, which foundered with
400 natives on boaid. The account adds
that of the 400 native's taken to Guate
mala two years ago only 180 are how
alive, the others having succumbed to
disease.
Imported Suckers.
Years ago the wirter tried his level
best to prevent the Smithsonian Insti
tute from stocking Oregon waters with
bass, carp, cat-fish and other enemies of
the royal Chinook salmon, the king of
all fishes, but to no purpose. - Bass from
California were put into the Willamette
by the late Todd Bingham and Holman,
to furnish amusement for Judge Win
gard. Now that the spawn is nearly
destroyed by these enemies of our sal
mon the Oregonian says : "Men and
boys are catching a great many carp
along the docks. Yesterday morning a
man landed an 18-pounder. These fish
are rapidly ruining the duck-hunting
grounds. . They eat up the vegetable
matter in the sloughs, and as this is the
main food of the ducks they do not stay
long in a place if they find poor feeding.
The carp is a very ugly-looking fish, and
the only buyers the men and boys', find
for them is among the Chinese! al
though they take in an inexperienced
housekeeper now and then. It was a
great mietake to introduce them in the
waters of the Willamette and Columbia
rivers." .
COOL AND DAKING.
Clifford Calverley'a Walk on a ' Cable
Across Niagara Gorge.
Niagara Falls, Oct. ' 17. Cliffurd j
Calverley, the plucky young Canadian, j
has broken the record in crossing the
Niagara gorge on a cable. Shortly after
three o'clock Saturday afternoon he
emerged from the Elgin hotfse on the
Canadian side of the river, directly
across the street from where the great
cable, weighing about a ton, was securely
fastened to the bank. He was clad in a
becoming suit of tights with a mack
intosh thrown around his shoulders, and
proceeded immediately to where he was
to start on his perilous journey. He is
a fine-looking fellow with dark hair and
moustache, and although only 22 years
of age a few grey hairs were to be seen
below the cap which was set jauntily
upon his head.
As in times past, a great crowd of
people had assembled to witness a feat
which might result in the loss of human
life, and they were located at every avail
able point where a view of the cable
could be secured. The south side of the
railway suspension bridge was black
with people, and all space was taken.
A large number of railroad men had also
been allowed to congregate on the ex
treme top of the bridge, and there
were some on the cantilever bridge. ' On
the American side the roofs of all the
buildings studding the banks between
the bridges were black with myriads of
small boys, and on the Canadian side, in
the open space, near the end of the cable,
several hundred people bad gathered.
As Calverley took his place ready to
start, his manager, A. B. Ormsbv, of
Toronto, addressed the crowd and briefly
stated among other things that his feat
had never before been attempted by one
so young or of so little experience. He
said that three months ago tomorrow
Calverley gave his first public exhibition
of high wire walking, and now he would
attempt to eclipse all past records in
walking across . Niagara river. Mr,
Ormsby said that'the performance of the
feat so late in the season might occasion
some surprise, but calverley was
anxious to. establish a reputation, and if
he succeeded he would next year give
several exhibitions here, while the large
crowds were going to and from the
Chicago fair.
At 3:12 o'clock Calverley removed his
mackintosh, took his balancing pole,
which was a pine one 20 feet in length
with flags of the two nations on either
end, and started to either death or fame.
He seemed very cheerful, and showed
not the least trace of nervousness.
Asked how quickly he would make the
trip, he good natnredly inquired:. "How
would nine minutes strike you?" Then,
while the crowd held their breath, he
nimbly proceeded. It was at once ap
parent that he was more of an adept on
the wire than Dixon, and that, barring
accidents, he would easily break that
gentleman's record. The cable, which is
910 feet long, sagged about 25 feet in the
center, so that when he reached that
point and proceeded toward the Ameri
can shore he must climb quite a steep
incline. Here he showed his great skill,
for he made the ascent at a double-quick
gait, and landed on the rock in the rear
of the Rapids mill in just six minutes
and eight seconds from the time of starting.-
Dixon's time in crossing at this
point was 14 minutes and 30 seconds.
A mighty shout went np as the daring
young acrobat stepped upon the rock,
after waiting only two or three minutes,
he again took up his position upon the
wire, and proceeding out a short dis
tance executed several difficult and dan
gerous tricks. Returning, he crossed
the bridge and went out for the third
time on the wire from the Canada side,
and repeated' his performance there.
Among other things he lay upon his
back upon the cable, hung suspended
from it first by his hands and then by
his toes, and stepped over his bar. He
went through this exhibition for the
second time here to enable George Bar
ker to take photographs of him in his
various positions. A conservative esti
mate of the number or people .who wit
nessed the feat is 3,000. Some of these
were excursionists. '
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More Salt Found.
Warsaw, N. Y., Oct. 14. At the
Gainesville salt well in this field, salt
was found at the depth of 2,455 feet.
The drill having gone through a 30-foot
bed again reentered the rock with a
prospect of another salt stratum being
found below. The first bed of salt is of
sufficient depth for manufacturing purposes.
A Wealthy Florldan Missing.
New Yokk, Oct. 15. Otis Greye, a
wealthy resident of Florida, mysteriously
disappeared from his stateroom on a
Fall river boat and no trace of him has
yet been found. His disappearance is
unaccountable in every respect.
. Troth, Rare Truth.
Men wonder ho w the Devil wine, : .;
What great schemes he devises ;
The secret is, when, he begins,
The Devil advertises.
If godly men, it seems to me,
Would slop a bit and think,
Their talisman would henceforth be :
'Less talk more printer's ink."
Another Oregon Ticket.
The Astoria Herald of the 9th has its
flag hoisted over the following ticket :
For President of the United States.
Benjiman Harrison.
For Vice President.
' Whitelaw Reed.
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